Kentucky suffered its biggest loss at Vanderbilt since the Billy Gillispie Era last night in Nashville.
The 80-55 loss was the worst loss to Vandy since 2008 (92-53).
Check out all the postgame notes from a rough, rough night for Big Blue Nation:
KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM | NASHVILLE, TENN.
JANUARY 27, 2026
ATTENDANCE: 10,195
Final Score: No. 18/15 Vanderbilt 80, (RV) Kentucky 55
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is 14-7 overall, 5-3 in the Southeastern Conference, ending a five-game winning streak.
Vanderbilt is 18-3 overall, 5-3 in the SEC.
Kentucky leads the series, 158-51, including 62-29 in games played in Nashville.
Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats conclude their two-game road swing Saturday at Arkansas. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Eastern (5:30 p.m. Central in Fayetteville) and it will be televised on ESPN.
Player Notes
Otega Oweh had 20 points, his eighth 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last 12 games.
He has tallied at least 20 in six of eight SEC games.
He has scored in double figures in all 21 games this season. He has a total streak of 24 games dating back to last season.
He is the first Kentucky player to have two 20-point games against Vanderbilt in Nashville since Tayshaun Prince in 2001 and 2002.
He also led the team tonight in assists and steals with three each.
The team leader in steals, it is the sixth game this season he has had at least three swipes.
Denzel Aberdeen notched 15 points. He has hit double figures in 14 games this season, including five of the last six.
Malachi Moreno had four points and led the team in rebounding with eight.
Mo Dioubate had two points, seven rebounds and a career-high five blocked shots.
He tied Moreno for the most blocked shots in a game this season.
Kentucky is currently missing Jayden Quaintance, Kam Williams and Jaland Lowe because of injury. Lowe is out for the season.
In the First Half
Kentucky started the combination of Denzel Aberdeen, Collin Chandler, Otega Oweh, Andrija Jelavic and Malachi Moreno for the second consecutive game.
UK’s first substitution was Mo Dioubate at 17:53.
Vanderbilt jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Chandler got UK on the board with a pair of foul shots at the 16:09 mark.
Vanderbilt pushed the lead to 17 points at 29-12.
Kentucky cut the gap to 30-19 but Vanderbilt responded with a 11-0 spurt for their largest lead of the half at 41-19.
Sparked by seven 3-pointers, Vanderbilt led 43-23 at halftime.
Aberdeen led UK with 10 points and Dioubate collected seven rebounds.
UK is now 4-6 this season when trailing at halftime.
In the Second Half
Kentucky opened with the starters.
Vanderbilt took its largest lead of 28 points at 63-35 and 72-44.
